2020 Election
Greg Walden to retire in latest sign of GOP doubts about retaking House, Politico
The Trump Campaign Is Seeking ‘Hidden’ Women Voters. Impeachment Won’t Help., New York Times
The Market for Voting Machines Is Broken. This Company Has Thrived in It., ProPublica
Agriculture
Can regenerative agriculture reverse climate change? Big Food is banking on it., NBC News
Second year of wet harvest takes tiling plans off back burner, Inforum
Congress
GOP Sen. Ron Johnson keeps popping up in key aspects of Trump’s Ukraine scandal, The Week
Former North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan dead at 66, CNN
Nunes Aide Is Leaking the Ukraine Whistleblower’s Name, Sources Say, Daily Beast
Katie Hill’s resignation is about much more than an alleged affair and explicit photos, USA TodayDFL News
LGBT rights: Minnesota has made historic progress, but still has much to do, MinnPost
Donald Trump
Trump’s Public Lands Chief Wrote For A Cult Extremist’s Magazine, HuffPost
All That Booing Revealed the True Face of Donald Trump, Vanity Fair
Officials cringe as Trump spills sensitive details of al-Baghdadi raid, NBC News
Trump Publicly Revels In Death And Spectacle: ‘Boom Boom Boom!’, HuffPost
Trump threatens to drop Isis fighters ‘right at UK border’ and leave Britain to ‘have fun capturing them again’, The Independent
Donald Trump’s Impeachment Inquiry
Democrats prepare to take impeachment probe public, Politico
‘I was concerned’: Trump’s top Ukraine expert to tell impeachment investigators he reported troubling conduct twice to superiors, USA Today
READ: White House Ukraine expert’s opening statement says he reported concerns about Trump-Zelensky call, CNN
Donald Trump’s Trade War
US business hiring hits 7-year low amid Trump’s trade wars, Business Insider
Economy
Debt, Doomsayers and Double Standards, New York Times
Money saver or bad deal? Debate over short-term insurance policies heads to Senate, Star Tribune
Education
US House education committee to markup Democratic proposal to reauthorize Higher Education Act, The Daily Iowan
Environment
Scientists Fired by Trump Warn Particle Pollution Standards Don’t Protect People, Mother Jones
General Motors Sides With Trump in Emissions Fight, Splitting the Industry, New York Times
Kentucky’s Leaders Are Siding With the Coal Industry, and Its Poorest Residents Are Paying a Price, Mother Jones
Governor Tim Walz
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in East Grand Forks to talk with farmers, Grand Forks Herald
Health
2020 Obamacare premiums are on track for smallest increases ever, Vox
Republican And Democrat Leaders Propose Limiting Vaping, Tobacco Products To Those Under 21, WCCO
Test project by Minnesota nonprofit aims to help cancer patients manage the cost of care, Star Tribune
Immigration
DHS grants hundreds of thousands of Salvadorans an extra year to leave U.S., Axios
Largest migrant children’s shelter to shutter at end of November, The Hill
Immigration Officials Experiment in Texas With a Plan to Speed up Asylum Decision, Time
Immigration hardliner resigns from Department of Homeland Security, CNN
Minnesota Legislature
Legislators vow to crack down on teen vaping in 2020 session, Star Tribune
Minnesota News
State shuts down Water Gremlin after finding lead poisoning in workers’ children, Star Tribune
100 years ago, a Minnesota congressman’s law passed, and Prohibition really began, MPR
New Street Signs Going Up Around Bde Maka Ska, WCCO
Legislative auditor to report on overpayments to 2 tribes, Star Tribune
St. Paul mayor announces community meetings in midst of gun violence, Pioneer Press
News of the World
Kurdish informant provided key intel in operation that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, NBC News
US deploying more troops around Syria oil fields after killing of Isis leader, The Guardian
Turkey’s Erdogan threatens to send millions of refugees to Europe unless it backs Syria ‘safe zone’, The Independent
Trump Explored Cutting Grants for Schools Tied to Erdogan Foe, Bloomberg
Representative Angie Craig (CD2, D)
Bill to add land to Prairie Island introduced in Congress, River Town
Spanberger helps introduce legislation to create Rural Future Partnership Fund, Augusta Free Press
Representative Jim Hagedorn (CD1, R)
Letter: Think twice before behaving badly, Rochester Post Bulletin
Republicans
‘Unprecedented’: Florida GOP postpones biggest annual fundraiser, Politico
Trump pulls rug out from under GOP lawmakers on impeachment: Forget process arguments, Daily Kos
Secretary of State Steve Simon
Early voting continues to increase in popularity in Minnesota, MPR
U.S. News
Hearing begins on fate of Missouri’s lone abortion clinic, Associated Press
What we know about the military dog injured in the al-Baghdadi raid, ABC News
Fire rages around famous California Getty museum, but priceless art is staying put, USA Today
Trump says US ‘terminated’ potential successor to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, New York Post
Upcoming DFL Events:
- October 29, 5:00 to 7:00 PM — SD33 Issues Base Door Knocking, Caribou Coffee, 325 Clydesdale Trl, Unit 100, Medina, MN 55340
- October 31 — Halloween
- November 1 — Deadline for Senate Districts to report 2020 precinct caucus locations to the State DFL
- 7:30 to 10:30 PM — SD35 DFL Event: Man Cave-A One Man Sci-Fi Climate Change Tragicomedy, Coon Rapids Civic Center, 11155 Robinson Dr NW, Coon Rapids, MN 55433. More information and tickets here.
- November 3 — Daylight Saving Time Ends
- November 5 — Election Day, there are municipal and school board elections throughout CD3, check your municipality’s website or school districts website for specifics.
- 7:00 to 8:30 PM — SD37 DFL Central Committee Meeting, check their Facebook page for specifics
- 7:00 to 8:30 PM — SD40 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Brooklyn Park Library, 8500 W Broadway Ave, Brooklyn Park, MN 55443
- November 6
- 6:30 to 8:30 PM — SD50 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Room C102, Kennedy High School, 9701 Nicollet Ave S, Bloomington, MN 55420
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD33 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Ridgedale Library, Room 172, 12601 Ridgedale Dr, Minnetonka, MN 55305
- November 8, 5:30 to 10:00 PM — CD3 DFL Night of Thanks, DoubleTree by Hilton Hotels, 7800 Normamdale Blvd, Bloomington, MN 55439. More information here.
- November 9, 6:00 to 9:00 PM — SD40 Homemade Pizza Party, 1512 Woodbind Ln, Brooklyn Center, MN
- November 11 — Veterans Day
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD44 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Minnetonka Community Center, Council Chambers, 14600 Minnetonka Blvd, Minnetonka, MN 55345
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD49 DFL Central Committee Meeting, 7001 Cahill Rd, Suite 21, Edina, MN
- November 12, 6:00 to 8:00 PM — SD33 DFL Hops & Change Fun(d)raiser with Don Shelby, Back Channel Brewing Co, 4787 Shoreline Dr, Spring Park, MN 55384. More information and RSVP here.
- November 14, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD48 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Glen Lake Activity Center, 14350 Minnetonka Blvd, Minnetonka, MN 553
- November 16
- 9:30 to 12:30 PM — SD37 DFL Connections Lab Messaging Workshop, Teamsters Local 210, 9422 Ulysses St NE, Unit 120, Minneapolis, MN 55434. More information and RSVP here.
- 5:00 to 9:00 PM — SD48 DFL Fall Feastival and Silent Auction, 8950 Eden Prairie Rd, Eden Prairie, MN 55347
- November 20 — Democratic Presidential Debate, more information as it becomes available
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — CD3 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Minnetonka Community Center, 14600 Minnetonka Blvd, Minnetonka, MN 55345.
- November 21 , 5:30 to 10:00 PM — SD33 DFL “Hops and Change” Fundraiser with Guest Speaker Don Shelby, Back Channel Brewing, 4787 Shoreline Dr, Spring Park, MN 55384. More information and RSVP here.
- November 28 — Thanksgiving